My strategy to survive the generative AI era as an indie developer
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00:00 Coming up
00:42 About the price change
01:52 An indie developer brand? Are you serious?
03:13 Emotions are more important towards surviving the Al era
05:34 Learning from high-end fashion brands
07:00 Incorporating my productive vibes into my app
09:47 Edutainment: Education + Entertainment
#IndieDev #Branding #OpenAI - Наука та технологія
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wow, Thank you for articulating this so well. This video takes a wonderful approach towards speaking on the inevitable inclusion of AI in the software field, while offering a wonderful perspective of how to co-exist with it. TYSM!!!
I think people are misunderstanding something very fundamental when it comes to software development. And it is that all these generative language models respond to natural language prompts. And that is where the big bottle neck is at. I mean, just think about creating an application from the ground up through prompts alone. You could do it but it wouldn't be fast or probably even accurate. And this isn't because "the language model isn't advanced enough yet". A notion I see brought up constantly. It is because there is an actual hard limit and impreciseness baked into natural human language. That is why programming languages exist.
Sure a language model like GPT-4 can give you precise code if you know what to ask it. But could you imagine someone not even familiar with programming to even know where to begin in asking something? Until an AI exists that can surmise/predict the nuances and factors entailed of ideas conveyed through natural language, engineers will always be needed in the implementation process of these ideas. Mainly for the simple fact that it is more efficient to convey these ideas to an embodied person with immediate knowledge of the outside world and can respond to you past bandwidth limitations with the social skills to reach some sort of mutual understanding. Impreciseness and all. And if it comes to a point where we have language models that respond to something other than natural language, then we just looped back around to programming again.
I don't doubt there will be a massive culling of jobs the tech field. But I don't expect it to be mostly because of AI. I expect it because the tech industry in general is already bloated and overvalued with more jobs than its predicted growth. We've already seen it happen with the massive layoffs. So forgive me if I think this video is a little silly. I wouldn't worry too much about getting obsolesced by AI. If you really believe in your product then yes, a good portion of its success does require marketing and having a slick brand image but that has always been the case with any kind of product.
Thanks for the neovim config. It was a good reference for my own setup. I won't be purchasing the note taking app for "productivity vibes" lol.
The customers do not know what they want until they see It.
You are mainly being paid for Product Design, rather than coding as such.
Why you are here is because you liked my content (vibes).
@@devaslife Haha. I subscribed because I thought your neovim setup was nice. The production values of the videos are pretty good, but I pride myself in a substance over appearances type of person ;)
@@SalonDuSoleil Pretty much. Especially within certain constraints like a budget. Just imagine putting into a prompt, "make me a social media app better than instagram that will make me a billion dollars that will be cheap to implement. please and thank you :)". The heavy lifting here is the word "better". What does that even mean to a language model if anything at all? General intelligence is the end game. Until that happens I am not worried. If it does then I humbly submit to our AI overlords.
Also, people worry about these language models writing better more efficient code than human devs. And sure, that will probably happen but a dev has to be the one to decide where to put it and how it fits into everything else around it given vague notions like "good" or "better". I don't care if CoPilot gives me a perfect implementation of some binary search tree. Not that spooky. I could have probably found one the old fashion way of googling stack overflow which it pretty much used as well as part of its training.
And at the end of the day, end users don't care. Hardware nowadays is so powerful that marginal differences in performance really do go unnoticed. As someone who works intimately with compiler optimizations, you just have to accept the fact that machines will always write better code than you that will take advantage of the bare metal. Heck, a language model optimized a compiler not that long ago. Great.
It will make the most difference in extremely narrow but important fields that actually leverage that extra bit of optimization. Most programming work out there though could care less. I strongly believe that there is plenty of work left to be done on this planet that could better leverage the technology that we have. It is just that the market has deemed such pursuits unprofitable so not worth pursuing.
That is the real tech doomer pill. Not big spoopy daddy OpenAI coming in and taking your job. Hopefully your job is actually for something that will stand the test of time as the well of "tech enthusiasm" runs dry among investors flagrantly still throwing money around hoping something sticks.
Thank you for this video man!! I won't lie, as I've been self learning programming and aspiring towards being an indie developer, AI does give me concerns. At the same time, I know that if your skills and work have quality and creativity behind them, you will always have something offer that AI can't.
Thank you for inspiring us!!
Thank you for being very transparent with your plans forward.
Also, this has been inspiring
This is surely awe inspiring and it is true learning coding is often lonely but what you seem to have achieved looks super human. First learning how to do it and then daring to create, using what have learned (and what you might still be learning), and at the same time facing your own shortcomings, inefficiencies, and ineffectiveness, and ultimately staying resilient and taking it all - emotionally, physically, and functionally to see the fruits of your labor.
Keep going sir.
Best wishes.
And I forgot to add the video is really high quality.
Can't wait to see your new content and I will be one of your fans that will join you on your journey. I wish you the best Takuya!! 💪 Continue being an inspiration for everyone!!
Thank you, Franchination!!
I am a firm believer that AI has a long way to go before it makes us programmers obsolete.
Love this video man, thank you for the hopeful words!
This video is one of those eye-openers. Keep up the good work. Thank you.
Such an inspiration. I'm very excited for this new style and content!
Great video glad you are bringing this up to us
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Couldn't agree more with you. Emotions are extremely important
Thsnk you for your content and for making Inkdrop.
Thank you for sharing such important insights and showing how thrive as an indie developer in this crazy times. I hope to continue watching what amazing things you create
That is correct. Your videos are a huge motivation.
This video blow my mind! Thanks for your knowledge!! You are amazing Takuya!
This is an incredible perspective that I really didn’t think about. You inspire and are truly pure and I wish you the best of luck with inkdrop as a subscriber at one point . I love u
I often really FEEL the solitary of coding and how much you are alone , but it is also a blessing. Leave me to my studies !
You are right, the solitude is also bliss :)
Hi, Takuya! Thanks for the video! You are right that emotions are the key of our surviving as developers. I hope we can survive and adapt to new reality. Anyway this journey and it time will be very interesting and fun.
yeah, thanks!
Thank you so much for this video, this is a great path. Keep going
Thank you for another amazing video Takuya!!
I love your videos bro, never stop.
Keep up the good work!
Great to hear your insights on being a solo indie developer during this evolving era!
Definitely inspiring!!!! Kami no gokago ga arimasuyouni😁
Great video, love the 'from the heart' approach
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Awesome idea and great motivation
thanks for the amazing content bro
Not much dev can't share thinking like you on social networks. Thank for sharing
HUGE LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR THIS MASTER :)
You are awesome, this channel is awesome. 💯
Thank you!
This video is so touched to me. I'm an independent developer and I build and sell my app for 6 years already.
At first I was totally attracted by your amazing vim skills. I learned and tried to use vim followed by you. I can say you are my Vim mentor.
Most interesting take on AI yet for devs I have seen! love this and am reflecting on how I can incorporate your ideas here. Thanks!
Thanks you ❤❤
Go for it. Amazing
You started my love of writing code watching your portfolio video.
You are mad inspirational. A bring a really different perspective to the game.
Yooooooooo. To think think updating my Vim config would somehow lead me to your app and channel. I love markdown and write in it daily. I love the approach you've taken with it. I will have to check it out and definitely subscribe.
yeah good point!
business, technology, fashion, branding, dedication 👏well said
Eu nao conhecia sobre Yamamoto, me parece ter traços do estoicismo. Obg mais uma vez por compartilhar seus conhecimentos.
I love you and your videos 🌟
love you man. Though I am a student still want to be someone like you. I love watching videos every night when i feel low or dull. The keystrokes blows all the dullness. ❤ from Bangladesh
I will take part in :>
Whatever you do... I hope you are successful and happy.
YES I WANT TO JOIN YOU ON THIS JOURNEY! Love you man, love what you bring to the world, and super excited to see what you publish :)))
Cool!! Thank you for your support, koopuluri🙌
What a cool person you are, Takuya
You are like a samurai your strategy is really strong 💪 you are not like other developer that just lives in comfort zone you journey making a brand is cool you are adapting like water from change in market with AI wish you all the best
👍🏻Good luck
Hi Takuya, several years ago, I made a conscious decision to sought out a new challenge away from my traditional development path. It was during this journey that I learned a great deal, much of which I could attribute to your videos. Witnessing your continuous improvement in each video provided me with the inspiration I was seeking. Honestly, the initial stages of this new path were challenging for me. However, after putting in a significant amount of effort, I can confidently say that it was the best decision I've ever made. I have no regrets, and I am genuinely grateful that you shared the inspiration that many of us were searching for. Thank you for being a source of inspiration for us \ [ ^ u ^ ] /
Beautiful
Thank you! Inspiring thought process and I love that you chose to focus on your niche audience. Good luck
Eres muy pro!!! Me ancanta la visión que tienes. Pero en el fondo lo que hagas impulsaras a la IA a mejorar, es como cuando en la película Terminator 2 , la máquina le pregunta al niño, porque lloran? O cuando el niño le indica no debes matar y la máquina le pregunta porque? Y comenzamos a ver en rodaje como la máquina va interactuando con las emociones. Sarah incluso dice que esa máquina había cumplido el rol de papá.... en el fondo tratas de buscar diferenciarte para mostrar la parte humana pero la máquina emulara lo que haces y tratara de mejorarlo. Si tratas de marcar la diferencia no lo hagas en la aplicacion misma porque dejaras pequeño tu universo. Has que todo lo que haces este conectado eso la IA tardara en hacerlo. Me encanta tu canal y tu contenido porque tiene mucha pasion y emoción eso la IA esta muy lejos de poder realizarlo.
Hello Takuya! really enjoy your coding videos, very nice styling. you were one of reasons to take a look deeply into nvim. And now I'm trying to move all development into nvim as much as I can :)
I want to be success like you!
good luck with your journey,
I'm not sure about the emotional part of using a text editor, maybe I'm just not that type of user, but in overall it's a good strategy, I guess
LOVE IT !
I need video in which you code outdoors.(good old days)
You do realise that it’s still winter?😂
Wow, your english improved a lot
Another video has dropped! I'd say that I agree, emotions are the key here. But I'd also add that, whether you're an indie dev or not, just don't think about AI. It's a useful tool for sure, but shouldn't discourage anyone from creating beautiful and useful software.
As for the branding, interesting take, usually branding is a huge thing for artists, youtubers and other widely known people, but never developers. Very few people will use something cus it was written by a particular dev. But hey, you proved it works.
Right, so it's worth challenging! Thanks
Wow,,, Thank you for good videos that make me thinking future. I want to join your journey :)
come and join me!
we are here for it, till it becomes the top most used app cause of the hard work and effort of you and the community,something Ai can replace
That why I love Japanese people. Thats why I want to belong to same way of living. You are incredible, I was following you for a very long time, I guess more than 5 years. And you was inspiration for me, even tho I didn't achieve anything, I'm glad to see how you moving forward to your dream without any hesitation. Thank a lot. And keep moving only forward!
その理由で私は日本の人々が大好きです。その理由で私も同じ生き方に属したいと思っています。あなたは信じられないほど素晴らしいです。私は長い間、あなたをフォローしていました。おそらく5年以上になります。そして、私が何も成し遂げなかったとしても、あなたは私にとってインスピレーションでした。躊躇することなく夢に向かって前進し続けるあなたを見るのは嬉しいです。本当にありがとうございます。そして、これからも前だけを向いて進み続けてください！
Thanks, melancholy engineering!
Wow! Your English has gotten so much better over the past few years. You're gonna be speaking like a native soon!
Really interesting take on this situation. I think the “at least at the moment” indicates how I feel about AI. I’m almost certain that eventually people will move on to be AI developers until they’re not needed. It’s depressing and maybe even scary but I’m not going to go for a different career path even if what I was saying will become true.
Also, I just wanna put it out there, your videos always bring me joy because you combine 2 things I love (Japanese culture and programming). Your content is inspiring and informative.
Thanks! Yeah, nobody knows what happens in the next five years but it's gonna be hard for software developers. I hope my strategy will work.
Great video and very powerful message. What keyboard do you use? if i can ask
anybody has idea about keyboard?
You are amazing, i hope to be like you someday, i have a question, what stack do you use in inkdrop?, greetings from Argentina
I recently found out about your channel last month. I've been switching between vim and vscode but your video finally made me say goodbye to vscode. I genuinely want to try to learn more about nvim that I was wondering if you would offer paid one on one 30min meetings. As I would like to hear more about nvim and your programming journey. I'm currently a software engineer student and also looking for a great mentor to guide me, as I'm also interested in building a startup.
TBH, I never subscribed to you even though your videos come across my feed often and I watch them when I feel like that kind of video, but the not speaking, asmr type videos (beyond yours) were never my cup of tea. But I've just discovered that you do have videos of you speaking (maybe this is new?) so I have decided to subscribe. I appreciate your perspective.
The second problem is that with the advent of cameras, artists are no longer in demand in the same sense as before, and with the advent of AI - our applications will become as inaccurate as paintings compared to photographs. They will be artisanal. And the applications are perfect. The third problem is that those who could pay for the applications themselves will be left without income to pay, but now they can still support the outdated code and receive money, but there will be less of it every day.
basically branding to combat commoditization. and embedding emotions into the product.
Software development + Branding + Passion
how did you set the glassmorphic effect to the background of your browser?
He’ll never say and frankly it’s a work of art. I’d love to know because I’ve tried all sorts of ways of replicating but I just can’t. I don’t even want to copy and steal, I’m literally just fascinated!
Yeah, problem is that at some point I think most of the people doesn’t care about „emotions“ they want quality low cost and stuff added fast
Hello there. What is the name of the thing attached under your mack boon?
what keyboard are you using
Hi, Takuya! Thanks for content, Its on top asalways. But we like to see more video about fullstack development with real orders from upwork or similar platforms. Did you had an orders as freelance?
Yea I have used Fiverr but my main take of this vid is about app marketing
Ya, your skills going to up. Ok, and we with pleasure watch a new techniques that you will show to us. Thanks.
I'm torn: On the one hand, working in machine learning, AI fascinating me every day and how it opens business opportunities for many people. On the other hand scared that we aren't prepared for the massive shifts in our work culture that could be happening soon. Humans have survived worse though.
Generative AIs currently are nowhere near the human level. The hallucination rate and the cost (not just money) are just too high. An experienced dev would often more than not rely on official documentations anyway. But it's good for generating repeated patterns and boilerplate.
I'm talking about the next 5 years, not the short term
Read up on recent experiments with Gemini, it's close
Bro, please stop the COPE. Open your eyes and see reality. You might see how bad the generative AIs "currently" are but take a good look because this will be the last time you'll see them this bad. The rate of improvement is insane.
@lorenzomizushal3980
maybe its you that should see reality for what it is. The matter of fact is that AI cant do anything of what you are claiming. Previous rate of innovation is not indicative of future rates. We might be at the end of ML innovation. No one knows.
@@JegErN0rsk do you see it that way because the alternative is a threat to your livelihood or the uniqueness of your skills?
good luck
interesting👀👀
You vote with your money and you buy the person not the product. People like to feel connected. I am not going to code in Vim but your videos are amazing to watch. The editing the J cuts everything. I wish you another 7 years and yes the boys at 37 signals sell their philosophy and themselves more than their products.
You’re too fast to follow, slow it down and I’ll join you…
First step is to protect your codebase IP from the so called 'AI' aka LLMs from being scraped. I think one should start self hosting their repository of any significance.
How do you build the desing of you webs, help 😢😢😢😢
I am thinking if I should just learn Php as there are still more small-medium companies looking for Php devs for their websites. Is this a good move to fight AI? I know it's moving backwards but Php developers are still the most in demand, right?
I know I can fully agree. Programming is (in a way) a form of artisan ship. You make something like the insides of a mechanical watch, where people don't see the "guts" of that perfectly durable watch but they know it lasts forever. What you create IS purely functional, but the extent to which that functionality performs is dependant on each programmer... Coming up with new functionalities, ways to improve the code, tighting all up into a general grammar style, etc. is ART.
Uh is that the Apple XDR display? 🤔
Yes! He has a vid setting it up, I think!
I love your work and I'm amazed by your app and software. But as an individual I stopped my subscription, because Obsidian is still a better experience with more features. I hope in the future you surpass it though!!
As an advise, real time rendering of the MD code in preview view in the text-editor prompt is something you should try to include too I believe!!
Keep up the awesome work and follow your passion!!
I'm not focusing on the number of features but simplicity. thanks anyway!
I didbt understand what exactly you want to inplement by conveing human touch and appeling to emotions.
Hi did you try Lofree Flow low profile keyboard? How does it feel compare with Keychron K3 Pro? I’m wondering which to pick as my first low profile keyboard.
it's in my wishlist!
@@devaslifewill wait for ur response.
Thank you for the subtitles! Your english is really good, but sometimes its hard for me to understand your pronunciation ( Im not a native English speaker either)
Thanks to OpenAI's whisper API😌✨
What is this "g cz -a" command you write?
+1 sub
Thank you for trying your best to speak in English. I would also love to see your videos in Japanese with subtitles 😇
I have a dream to create an AI that can accompany my life 😂
Did they just clone TechLead? Or AI TechLead
The problem isn't that people won't use your app, the problem is that they won't need the app anymore.
You are the only one who seems to live in reality this entire comments section. Only the companies that already control a large % of an industry can pull off the "emotions" angle.
@@manm5302 they seem to have inertia of thinking, this is typical
can you make the price depending on the country. Some countries can't afford monthly price:(
Love from Kazakhstan
Unfortunately, it is too hard to maintain the local prices for such a small solo business. I can't please everyone.
@@devaslife noted
I’m using chat gpt when coding some low level things, I don’t trust it to create high level architecture
Well Mr. Takuya, I'm with you along your journey. I will happily pay you the new amount for your great app, no worries! As many here, i too love your content and your vibes. Keep it up! 😀
Thank you, TheRegalboss! I appreciate your support😘 Please look forward to upcoming content and app updates
too expensive =(